What is ethnoarchaeology?

Studying living people to interpret the past.

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Why: Ethnoarchaeology studies living people to help interpret archaeological evidence.

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Living people are living history.
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Answer: Studying living people to interpret the past. Ethnoarchaeology studies living people to help interpret archaeological evidence.

  1. Archaeology en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology
    ethnographic study of living people
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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